Ph.D. | Senior Geneticist | Atlantic Salmon Breeding | he/him 🏳️‍🌈https://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3mhxubvsnrk2rIncredibly proud of the first Honours student I co-supervised, Violet Chilvers, who published her thesis in Aquaculture Research! Her research explored how source, ploidy and thermal regime impact the growth and survival of blue mussel larvae. https://doi.org/10.1155/are/506614226 Mar 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxubvsnrk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3mcuv5lik6s2mSince moving to Iceland to start my career with Benchmark Genetics, LandbasedAQ wrote a nice piece on what my goals are to help advance salmon breeding! https://www.landbasedaq.com/atlantic-salmon-benchmark-genetics-genetics/strengthening-salmon-farming-with-better-selection/205176020 Jan 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuv5lik6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3m6lwchgsbc2gVery cool paper! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2025 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6lwchgsbc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3m52qhxxc7225Very excited to be joining the team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52qhxxc7225https://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3m3f3w34xuk2wA good laugh to start with on Friday 😂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3f3w34xuk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3m36texyj622rVery proud moment today! My first Honours student submitted her thesis for publication! A lot of hard work was put into this one and I’m very excited for her to get to share her achievements soon!14 Oct 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36texyj622rhttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lz6uvull7k2eI am excited to have joined @canjzoology.bsky.social as an Early Career Researcher Associate Editor! I look forward to promoting high quality science and being more involved in the publishing world!19 Sep 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6uvull7k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3luhxokszes2tIn work led by Shelby Clarke, we explored differences in thermal tolerance from two sources of mussels in Atlantic Canada at a physiological, behavioural and molecular level. Very excited to have this one out! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.10735621 Jul 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhxokszes2thttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lslvuspcqs2wGreat to see support for the oyster industry! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslvuspcqs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lrgjqw744s2bThe Filgueira lab had an amazing time earlier this week at Aquaculture Canada 2025! So proud of the students for giving such incredible talks, particularly Jasmine Talevi for taking home the best oral presentation award!12 Jun 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgjqw744s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lprvkt27ss27Finished deploying our oyster cages across Cape Breton today with my Honours student, Elise! We will be assessing MSX-driven mortality throughout the summer and looking for genetic markers of disease resistance after!22 May 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprvkt27ss27https://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lp7gtjz5vs2pA hatchery on Prince Edward Island claims to have produced Canada's first MSX-resistant oyster seed. In an interview with CBC, I helped provide some context on how that might be hard to tell at this stage. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-bideford-hatchery-msx-resistant-seed-1.753381115 May 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7gtjz5vs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3ll5wnghrak2wExcited to share our latest work that studied how upper thermal tolerance is regulated in farmed Atlantic salmon! We combined RNA-sequencing and GWAS results to explore how gene expression and genetic architecture may influence this important trait. https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-025-11482-424 Mar 2025 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5wnghrak2whttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lkszumdsf22cFriendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline for #AC25NB is April 4! I’ll be chairing the session on ‘Shellfish Health - MSX and Dermo.’ Don’t miss out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkszumdsf22chttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lk47wfrikk2dWaking up on my last day in New Orleans for #Aquaculture2025 with a manuscript acceptance! 🥳 Stay tuned for some RNA-seq and GWAS work on upper thermal tolerance in Atlantic salmon!11 Mar 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk47wfrikk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3ljw4vy4tlk24Catch my talk tomorrow at 14:45 in the Genomics session in Galerie 4 at #Aquaculture2025! I’ll be presenting some new mussel population genomics work!09 Mar 2025 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljw4vy4tlk24https://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3ljlgciazm22qCooke Aquaculture has purchased AquaBounty’s former farm sites on Prince Edward Island. I’m glad these facilities won’t go to waste! https://www.fishfarmingexpert.com/aquabounty-canada-cooke-aquaculture/cooke-buys-aquabounty-canada-for-hatchery-facilities/190367604 Mar 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlgciazm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/eignatz.bsky.social/post/3lj756zask22rGreat day in the lab testing out our new respirometry system! Fun times ahead!28 Feb 2025 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:apxtmx4zz3fbd2keltir7dik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj756zask22r